Fire dog or iron.



' No. 853,831. 4 PATBNTED MAY 14, 1907.

' L; G. ROSS.

FIRE DOG 0R IRON APPLICATION FILED MAY31,1906.

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LEE COLLIER ROSS, OF WEST POINT, MISSISSIPPI.

FIRE DOG OR IRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed May 31,1906. Serial No- 319,559.

To (ti/Z whom it may concern:

Be itknown that I, LEE COLLIER Ross, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of West Point, in the county of Clay and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fire Dogs or Irons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in fire dogs designed to be used in open fireplaces, and has for its object to provide simple, cheapand efficient means for holding the burning wood in the fire place and preventing its falling out on the hearth; also to provide simple, efficient and convenient means for heating irons or other articles by the fire.

To these ends my invention consists in combining two fire irons or dogs with a connecting plate upon which irons etc. are to be placed to be heated.

My invention consists further in certain novel features of construction, arran ement and combination of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing an open fire place with my improvements as in use. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional elevation. Fig. 4 is a vertical section on line 44 of Fig.- 1.

In carrying out my invention I use two dogs A made of iron or other suitable material, each being provided with a'single removable front leg A, and a bifurcated removable leg A at the rear of the dog: Near the front end of each dog are provided in the side faces the rooves or channels a, one pair of which are isposed vertically, as the central ones, while those in front and rear of said vertical grooves are disposed at an angle as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In connection with each dog I use a staff B, the lower end of which is bifurcated, said bifurcated lower end fitting over the dog and in the grooves on each side of the dog; each staff is provided near its upper end with a hole 6 in which a hook or poker may be inserted to remove the staff to chan e from one set of grooves to another set. emovably secured to the front face of each staff at their inner edge, by bolts 1) is a plate C having a these plates B extend inwardly and overlap, one of said plates being provided with a turni button 0 which passes through a horizontal slot 0 in the other plate, so that the plates may be connected at their inner ends and moved in or out to adjust the device to varying widths of fireplaces. These plates when connected together form a practically continuous ledged plate upon which flatirons may be placed, as indicated in dotted lines Fig. 2, whereby the irons may be heated by the burning wood placed on the dogs-back of the staffs.

In the position of the staffs shown in Figs. 1 and 2 they will bear upon the pieces of wood and prevent them from falling outward on the hearth. If a larger amount of wood is to be piled on the dogs, the staffs may be .placed in the vertical grooves of the dogs and if an extra large amount of wood is to be used the staffs may be placed in the front inclined set of grooves, the inclination of which is at an opposite angle to that of the rear set of grooves.

As the legs of the dogs are removable and theplates detachable from each other and from the staffs it will be seen that the device can be readily taken apart and stowed away in a-small space.

It will also be observed that by the use of my invention, the burning Wood will be prevented from falling outward onto the hearth and causing a conflagration. Furthermore with the plates in position the danger of women or children having their skirts get into the fire is reduced to a minimum.

I claim 1. In a device of the character described, a pair of dogs, a staff removably attached to each dog, and a vertical plate connecting said staffs.

2. In a device of the character described, a pair of dogs, a staff removably attached to each dog, a vertical plate extending inwardly from each staff, and means for detachably connecting the free ends of said plates.

. 3. In a device of the character described, a

pair of dogs, a stafi adjustably attached to each dog, a plate detachably secured to the inner edge of each staff extending inwardly toward each other and adapted to overlap, and means for adjustably and removably connecting said overlapping ends.

4. In a device of the character described, a pair of dogs, each dog provided near its front end with a series of grooves on its side faces disposed at different angles, a bifurcated staff adapted .to fit in said grooves, a flanged I TO plate detachably secured to the inner edge of staff adapted to fit in the said grooves of each each plate, said plates extending inwardly dog, a plate having a flange at its lower edge, toward each other and adapted to overlap, detachably secured to the inner edge of each and means for removably and adjustably staff and extending inwardly toward each 5 connecting said overlapping ends. @{her and overlapping, and means for adjust- 1 5 5. In a device of the character described? a 1y connecting said overlapping ends. pair of dogs, removable legs at the front and LEE COLLIER ROSS. rear ends of the said dogs, each doghaving a Witnesses: series of grooves in its side faces near its front SID A. DEANEs,

IO end arranged at diflerent angles, a bifurcated JOSEPH W. LITTLE. 

